Meteorites have inherited nucleosynthetic anomalies of potassium-40 produced in supernovae
Nicole X. Nie, Da Wang, Zachary A. Torrano, Richard W. Carlson, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, and Anat Shahar Science26 Jan 2023Vol 379, Issue 6630pp. 372-376 LINK “Meteorites record processes that occurred before and during the…
Radioactive Isotopes as a Tool for Pairing Identification of the HAH 346—Hammadah al Hamra 346—Ordinary Chondrites from Two Separate Find AreasOPEN ACCESS
Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka, Tomasz Jakubowski, Marcin Krystek and Ahmed ElMallul Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 12Published: 1 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “In this study, low-background gamma spectrometry was used to confirm the identity of a…
Radionuclides in Chassigny and Nakhla meteorites of Mars origin: Implications for their pre-atmospheric sizes and cosmic-ray exposure ages
P.P. Povinec, I. Sýkora, R.J. Macke, J. Tóth, L. Kornoš, V. Porubčan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 March 2020 LINK “Highlights • Two Martian meteorites, Chassigny and Nakhla, were…
Analyses of radionuclides in the Oued Awlitis 001 and Galb Inal lunar meteorites by HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry
Pavel P. Povinec, Ivan Sýkora, Ludovic Ferrière, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, pp 1–9 LINK “Highly sensitive nondestructive HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry was used for the analysis of the cosmogenic (26Al) and primordial…
Thermal evolution of trans-Neptunian objects, icy satellites, and minor icy planets in the early solar system
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12952 First published: 8 September 2017 LINK “Numerical simulations are performed to understand the early thermal evolution and planetary scale differentiation of icy bodies…
No evidence for a decrease of nuclear decay rates with increasing heliocentric distance based on radiochronology of meteorites
Meier MMM and Wieler R Astroparticle Physics Volume 55, March 2014, Pages 63–75 LINK Constraints on the age of the Earth and the oldest meteorite phases obtained by the U–Pb dating technique give no hints…